The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
HENRY FIELDINGWe must eat to live, and not live to eat.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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